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Ro·ta
(rō′tə, -tä) An island of the western Pacific Ocean in the southern Mariana Islands north of Guam. The Japanese used it as a base for their attack on Guam, December 8-11, 1941. Rota remained in Japanese hands until the end of the war.
Ro′ta·nese′ (-nēz′, -nēs′) adj. & n.
ro·ta
(rō′tə)n.
1. Chiefly British A roll call or roster of names.
2. Chiefly British A round or rotation of duties.
3. Rota Roman Catholic Church A tribunal of prelates that serves as an ecclesiastical court.
[Latin, wheel; see ret- in Indo-European roots.]
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rota
(ˈrəʊtə)n
chiefly Brit a register of names showing the order in which people take their turn to perform certain duties
[C17: from Latin: a wheel]
Rota
(ˈrəʊtə)n
(Roman Catholic Church) RC Church the supreme ecclesiastical tribunal for judging cases brought before the Holy See
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ro•ta
(ˈroʊ tə)n., pl. -tas.
1. a roster.
2. Chiefly Brit. a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
3. (cap.) Official name, Sacred Roman Rota. an ecclesiastical tribunal in Rome, constituting the court of final appeal.
[1650–60; < Latin: wheel]
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Rota
a rotation of persons undertaking some duty or form of work; a list of such persons.Examples: rota of qualified jurors, 1878; of people.
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| Noun | 1. | Rota - (Roman Catholic Church) the supreme ecclesiastical tribunal for cases appealed to the Holy See from diocesan courts Church of Rome, Roman Catholic Church, Roman Church, Western Church, Roman Catholic - the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy court, judicature, tribunal - an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business |
| 2. | rota - a roster of names showing the order in which people should perform certain duties Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom |
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rota
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Translations
قائِمَة أسْماء
rozpis služeb
turnusliste
szolgálati beosztás jegyzéke
verkefnalisti
grafiks
rozpis služieb
görev listesinöbet cetveli
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
rota
n
(Brit) → Dienstplan m
(Eccl) Rota → Rota f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Rota
[ˈrəʊtə] n (Rel) the Rota → il Tribunale della Sacra Rotarota
[ˈrəʊtə] n → tabella dei turnion a rota basis → a turno
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
rota
(ˈrəutə) noun a list showing duties that are to be done in turn, and the names of the people who are to do them.
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